The personal philosophy paper gives students an opportunity to critically evaluate their professional and personal views of serving children with disabilities, examine the course of their professional training to date, and demonstrate their ability to choose research-based strategies specific to certain disabilities. While not all students taking this class are or will become special educators, this paper must focus on serving students with specific disabilities in your setting, whether a general education classroom, a counseling setting or in a speech therapy setting, to give a few examples.
write a 4-page paper. Reference page is an additional page, not included in aforementioned requirements. Please adhere to page limits–points are deducted for exceeding page limits. The paper must be double-spaced, typed in a 12 point Times New Roman font with 1” margins all around. References must be cited in the body of your paper, as well as included in a reference page at the end of your paper. Citations & the reference page must be in APA (7th ed.) style (no abstract, title page or running head is necessary).
